Category Archives: Social Media

Can Posterous be my Social Media hub?

It can get very tedious trying to share things between Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, and the hordes of other services I’m subscribed to. The idea of having a central point, a hub, so to speak, where I can send stuff and … Continue reading

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Video impressions of Gnomedex

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More Random Notes from Gnomedex 9.0

Gnomedex is fundamentally about the why of social media, and not about the how. In other words, it’s not aimed at the engineers or the infrastructure, but how technology works to bring people together. Nowhere was this more apparent than … Continue reading

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Observing Social Media At Work

I’m attending the first day of Gnomedex 9.0 in Seattle. It’s billed as “a conference of inspiration and influence,” and it offers a fascinating insight into the current (leading edge) of the Internet’s expanding sphere of influence. Everyone here has … Continue reading

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Call waiting

I remember when “call waiting” was introduced by our local phone company in the late 1970′s. It was considered a really useful technology, in that, if you were waiting for an important call, you could still take other calls in … Continue reading

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it’s SOCIAL media, not social MEDIA

Following Hurricane Katrina, my nephew was a US Coast Guard search and rescue team member. He took this photograph (and many other compelling images) during rescue operations in the days and weeks immediately following the hurricane. Katrina represented a catastrophe … Continue reading

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The Porch

Houses today don’t have porches. For some reason, people don’t see the need to sit outside and just chat. Perhaps it’s because a porch, even as large as this one, can only hold a small, finite number of people. With … Continue reading

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